Hi Ruth!
-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Wendy Buchanan <=-
 RH> Well, it taught you that the bobbin is a very important part of the
 RH> sewing machine, didn't it?  For such a small part, it can be a pain to
No kidding!  That's the first thing I check when something's not
quite right, and usually that's the problem.  It's so easy on my
machine for the bobbin thread to catch on something.  If I were
to do this over again I'd never buy this one, but you learn from
your mistakes, and it's good for me to learn to deal with problems
without falling apart, so I guess it's for a reason.
 RH> deal with at times.  I was making  buttonholes in a dress for a friend
 RH> yesterday (She had made the dress for her granddaughter but her
 RH> machine didn't do good buttonholes.) and when I was done, pulled out
 RH> the bobbin. There was not enough thread to do another one.  I had
That sure happens a lot!  I have tried to keep a bobbin wound for
each spool of thread I use oftener, but when I'm in a hurry I don't
want to stop and rewind a bobbin before I put the stuff away, so I
don't do that much any more.  Seems like I'm always doing something
in a hurry around here.  Poor organization, I know!  
 RH> That's the only way to get good at something, practice.  Make quilts,
 RH> pillows, clothes, whatever you want but just keep sewing.
 
I have this pillow panel I bought some time ago, thinking that it
would look nice in our living room.  I have it all ready to sew,
and now I can't find a ready-made form for it.  I'll have to make
one.  It's not square, it's rectangular, and all the ones I've
seen here are square or round, so it's not going to be as easy as
I thought.  That's okay but I had to change gears in the middle of
the home stretch.    I wasn't expecting that little surprise.
 
 RH> Rachel asked about embellishing the lace with pearls or something,
 RH> then decided against it.  She also decided against the lace appliques
 RH> going around the skirt so it really has very little lace (just on the
 RH> sleeves and bodice),  I'll have to tell her about those seed pearls.
 
She's keeping it simple, hmmmmm?  Sounds good to me.  You don't
want it to be too fussy.  I think she's smart!
 
 RH> years later, Rachel was born the day before the October anniversary and
 RH> the next year, Steve's sister got married on Rachel's first birthday. 
 RH> So, with all of that, I'm glad we stuck to the September date.
I would be, too!  You want your anniversary to be your own.  I
still think about ours; we never are alone on our anniversary
because we got married Dec. 26th and Tom's sister spends the
holidays with us now that the other two brothers are both gone.
If we wanted to play "Catch me, catch me!" on our anniversary
we would be embarrassed and so would Pat!    Oh well, we're
pretty boring, so...no problem!  
 RH> it but he never did. I've heard (read) that the 33rd degree is quite
 RH> an honor, however.
 
It is.  My father was very active in working with the young
people's organizations, in fact other people's kids saw more
of him than we did.  It was sometimes frustrating, not to be
able to see your father but having all the other kids say,
"Gee, I sure wish my dad was more like yours."  It was hard
to convince them that he was a lot nicer to them than he was
to me, because he was so great with them.    
 RH> It's all too true, that you "marry" the family as well as the
 RH> individual.  It sounds like you've got a winner in Tom.
Yes, and he knows I feel that way.  It took me a long time to
convince him he was worthy of being loved, that he was lovable.
I had to work very hard at it.  The world in general is not
going to tell someone like Tom how wonderful he is, so I had
to work extra hard to convince him.
Now, though, sometimes I'll be in here doing mail and he'll be
in the next room at *his* computer doing his, and I'll say,
"Honey?"  and he will reply, "Yes, I am!"  Tickles me, and he
always gets a giggle out of me when he says that!    I've
got him well-trained now, believe me!  hehe 
 RH> That is, if Steve doesn't commandeer it for his computers first. (G) 
 RH> I think he will let me have first priority though, especially when I
 RH> point out that I won't have all the sewing stuff scattered thruout the
 RH> house. (G)
Most men would let you have it just for that reason.  Tom
wants to learn to sew!  He was going to sign up for a sewing
class with the Continuing Education people here and they
would not let him.  They said, "NO MEN!"  I think that's
discrimination, and I don't think it was fair at all.  They
quit running sewing classes or we'd be picketing them.  I
don't see why a man couldn't do just as well as most women
if he really wanted to learn to sew!   
If I get better at it I'm going to teach him myself.  He
deserves to be able to do whatever he wants to do, as long
as he's not hurting someone else, and he never would.
 RH> Right!  And the changes in your life since!  Keep on walking, soon
 RH> you'll run & then soar with the eagles (Isiah 40:31).
And He has restored the years the locust has eaten, too!
 RH> ... Luke 1:49 | For he that is mighty hath done to me great things;...
Yes!
LadyBear Hugs,
Wendy
... Clothes make the man; the naked have little or no influence!
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